Rutgers University Athletics

Career Highlights: 
2018-19 Spring Academic All-Big Ten
2017-18 Spring Academic All-Big Ten 
2016-17 Spring Academic All-Big Ten 

Track and Field Bio:

Munson All-Time Results

2018 Indoors (Junior) 

• Ran a 4:24.67 mile at the Penn 8-Team Select (Jan. 20)

2017 Outdoors (Sophomore):

• Placed second in the 1500m at the Metropolitan Championships (April 14-15)
• Won the 1500m title at the Rider Invitational (April 8)

• Ran on the 13th place distance medley relay team at the IC4A Championships (March 3-5)
• Contributed to a third place finish in the 4x800 at the Metropolitan Championships (Feb. 2-3) ... placed fifth in the mile

• Won the 1500m title at the Metropolitan Championships (April 8-9) ... Ran on the third place 4x800 relay team
• Placed six with the distance medley relay team at the Colonial Relays (March 31-April 2)

• Qualified for the IC4A Championships in the distance medley relay (13th)
• Placed second in the mile and 4x800 relay at the Metropolitan Championships (Feb. 4-5)
• Made track and field debut on winning 4x800 relay team at the Rutgers Invitational ... placed third in the mile

Prior to Rutgers: All-state selection in both cross country and track at Timber Creek … finished second in the 800m with a PR of 1:57.26 at the NJSIAA South Group 3 Sectional ... placed fifth at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions.

Personal: A history major with minor studies in education... Plans on a career as a history teacher... President of Alpha Omega... Made Dean's List in the spring of 2017... Led the International Leadership Academy (Hope for Kids) for the past two summers... Proudest sports moment is winning the Group 3 State Team Championship two straight seasons at Timber Creek High School... Greatest sports influence is Steve Prefontaine...

Personal Records:

• 1000m - 2:30.42
• Mile - 4:14.82
• 800m - 1:58.55
• 1500m - 3:52.05

Indoor

• 1000m - 2:30.42
• Mile - 4:14.82

• 800m - 1:58.55
• 1500m - 3:52.05

Cross Country Bio: 
2017 (Junior): Placed ninth in the 5 Mile at the NYC Metropolitan Championships with a personal best of 26:12.2 to contribute to first-place finish (Oct. 13) … finished a team best 95^th out of 359 runners in the 8K with a time of 24:48.1 at Paul Short Gold (Sep. 29) … placed a team best sixth in the 8K with a time of 25:07.2 at Rider XC Invite to lead team to third place finish (Sep. 15) … took sixth with 26:46.1 in the 5 Mile to help team place as runner-up at Fordham University Fiasco XC Invitational (Sep. 9) … opened season with a personal best of 18:55.0 in the 6K to place 8^th and help team to first place finish (Sep 1).

2016 (Sophomore): Named All-East University performer with his 17th-place finish of 26:25 at the IC4A Championships (11/19) ... placed 53rd with a time of 31:54.0 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships (11/11) ... finished 81st with a time of 26:26.4 at the Big Ten Championships (10/30) ... placed 25th at the Princeton invitational with a time of 24:44.7 (10/15) ... placed sixth with a time of 26:39.3 at the Metropolitan Championships (10/7) ... top finisher for RU with a sixth-place individual time of 24:57.07 at the Rider Invitational (9/16) … produced a time of 27:12.8, good for 21st at the Spiked Shoe Invitational in State College, Pennsylvania (9/10).

2015 (Freshman): USTFCCCA All-Academic selection … helped Rutgers finish second at the IC4A Championships (11/21) at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, the Scarlet Knights' best team result at the event in more than 15 years … ended with a 37th-place time of 26:51.5 at the IC4A Championships … competed at the 2015 Big Ten Championships at the Sydney R. Marovitz Golf Course in Chicago (11/1) … participated in the Princeton Invitational (10/17) … helped RU to a third-place result at the Metropolitan Championships (10/9) with a 26th-place time of 27:39.3 … finished 23rd at the Rider Invitational (9/19) with a mark of 25:19.1 … made collegiate cross country debut with a seventh-place time of 27:06.96 at the Fordham Fiasco (9/12).

Prior to Rutgers: All-state selection in both cross country and track at Timber Creek … finished second in the 800m with a PR of 1:57.26 at the NJSIAA South Group 3 Sectional ... placed fifth at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions.

Personal: A history major with minor studies in education... Plans on a career as a history teacher... President of Alpha Omega... Made Dean's List in the spring of 2017... Led the International Leadership Academy (Hope for Kids) for the past two summers... Proudest sports moment is winning the Group 3 State Team Championship two straight seasons at Timber Creek High School... Greatest sports influence is Steve Prefontaine...